also 4–6 acceptour. [a. Anglo-Fr. acceptour, ad. L. acceptōr-em n. of agent, f. accept- ppl. stem of accipĕre to receive; see ACCEPT. This is the older form of the word, found in Wyclif, afterwards replaced by or refashioned as ACCEPTER; in recent times it has been restored in a special sense, and is sometimes also, after the L., used in the general sense.]
1. One who accepts; = ACCEPTER.
1382. Wyclif, Acts x. 34. For god is not acceptour of persones.
1865. Athenæum, No. 1979. 434/1. The interpretation … has found innumerable acceptors.
2. He who accepts a bill of exchange, or formally undertakes its payment when due.
1776. A. Smith, Wealth of Nat., I. II. ii. 309. If, when the bill becomes due, the acceptor does not pay it.
1868. Rogers, Pol. Econ. (ed. 3), xi. 150. The Bill of Exchange … is an order written by the drawer and addressed to the acceptor.
